| The
weather was beautiful and stayed in the mid 60’s and
sunny all weekend. It was perfect for the new scouts who
worked on sleeping in a tent that they’ve pitched
themselves for the 1st time as Boy
Scouts. The older scouts worked with the newer
scouts on advancement requirements including physical
fitness, fire building, as well as stove and open fire
cooking. We also worked on Fire’em’chit and
learn how to safely build three different types of fires
that would all start with one match. Mr. Dzurnak showed
the scouts how to start a fire with no matches and then
let the scouts ignite the fire using only drier lint and
a flint stick. It was a textbook ignition! We
learned about safe hiking, what to do if you are lost,
and the “buddy system” while the fire burned
down to red hot cooking coals. Then, we cooked a
meal over the open fire that they built. Tenderfoot,
2nd class, and 1st class cooking
requirements were also earned by some of the scouts. We
also learned how to make duty rosters to fairly share in
the weekend of responsibilities. Kurtis was voted in as
the weekend’s SPL by the scouts and 2 other scouts
were given the weekend opportunity as patrol leaders. Most of the scouts woke up at 5:30 am to go fishing on Saturday morning. We had a fishing derby over the course of the weekend and gave awards for the first fish caught, most fish caught, and biggest fish. Patrols were awarded beads for weekend participation as well as winning each of the fishing derby events. Free time was spent playing several games of capture the flag in intense competitions between the older scouts and the younger scouts. The five mile hike was voted down by the scouts in favor of yet another game of capture the flag! The fun filled weekend of learning, fishing, and playing came to a close as we packed up our tents Sunday morning just before the rain came…Well most of us packed up before the rain came! The weekend campers were Alex Da, Alex Dz, Chris, Donald, Eric, Kevin, Kurtis, Nick, DJ, Jacob, Jordan, Ryan, Will, Mr. Dzurnak, and Mr. Washabaugh. Another Point of View We had many fun adventures on the Bradley Woods campout. On Friday, we arrived at the campsite around 7:00. This campout was for fishing and that is what we did. For starters we had many fishing poles and used then to go fishing at 5:30 in the morning. With these fishing poles we held a fishing derby in which the winners were Ryan and DJ who caught 10 fish each. On this cool and crisp April weekend our troop began to distribute beads for the Patrol Awards program. We also had an older scouts vs. younger scouts game of capture the flag that was shall we say less than successful. The weekend fisherman were Alex Da, Alex Dz, Chris, Donald, Eric, Kevin, Kurtis, Nick, DJ, Jacob, Jordan, Ryan, Will, Mr. Dzurnak, and Mr. Washabaugh. |
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 Early Bird Catches the Fish |
 Getting Started at the Lake |
 The Fishing Area |
 Catch of the Day |
 The Lone Fisherman |
 Chefs Prepare Breakfast |
 Sitting Down to Breakfast |
 Proof That Boys are Capable of Doing the Dishes |
 Look... Magic! |
 Winner of the Smallest Fish Contest? |
 Game Time |
 Open Fire Cooking |
 The Line for Supper |
 Hey, Let's Bury Kurtis in Wood Chips |
